Innocently, I started writing an article about using old chicken bones to make chicken stock to avoid sodium, BPA, and MSG. The more I delved into the the MSG subject, it became apparent how evasive MSG has become in our food. The more I researched the angrier I got. I too, “Ms. health Nut,” had been duped. Simply [...]
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Years ago, I ate the most delicious vegetarian walnut meatballs with cheese in a recipe. Cheese and I don’t really get along and I have yearned to replicate those meatballs for sometime. Over the holidays, I decided to tinker with two different walnut recipe to make them dairy and soy free. Well, I think I [...]
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What do you do with the skins of your vegetables? You know. After you make that big salad or vegetable soup? Did you realize that they could have a second life before they are banished to the composter? For years, I peeled carrots, chopped off the bottom of celery, and tore off garlic and onion [...]
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Welcome guest poster, Barbara Rodriguez, the organic celebrity nanny and author of ”The Organic Nanny’s Guide to Raising Healthy Kids: Reclaim a Natural Diet and Lifestyle for Your Child“ Hannah was a picky eater, and all her mother could get her interested in were hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, and chicken nuggets. At least she was eating, [...]
Welcome guest poster, Katy of Non-Toxic Kids, and author of new must read e-book, Eat-Non-Toxic: a manual for busy parents What’s up with that Butterball turkey? Sure, it’s cheaper, it’s available, and your mom used to make it, but… That turkey was likely raised on a factory farm. Just what is a factory farm? According to the website, Sustainable [...]
Since going vegetarian over a year ago, I had to revamp my eating habits. As you all know, I decided to go “veg” due to my distaste of factory animal farming and killing animals. But I can’t say I don’t miss the taste of certain food. There is one dish that I haven’t been able to duplicate. [...]
Richard Campbell, founder of To Soil Less, never dreamed fifteen years ago that throwing a watermelon seed into gravel could change the way the world grows our food. What he discovered during his journey is that plants can grow in river rock without the aid of fertilizer or soil. He has successfully grown peppers, zinnias, lettuce, [...]
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Since starting the garden, I have been obsessed with food blogs. So that you know, I don’t have an ounce of recipe creativeness in my pinky finger. My favorite recipes are ones that make everything from scratch. Hard, yes. But really fun and sometimes less expensive. So, I jumped at the chance to make my [...]
In penning Green Talk, I have met so many people who have created green businesses because of their own needs. All businesses are inspiring and passionate. However, KOL Foods and its founder, Devora Kimelman-Block, stopped me in my tracks. Kimelman-Block took on the kosher meat industry, and created an organic, grass-fed, Glatt kosher meat [...]
Do you enjoy pickles? Ever thought of pickling your cucumbers? A couple of years ago, I had an overabundance of lemon cucumbers. (Remember, those yellow tennis ball type cucumbers I talked about a few years ago? ) Simply freezing the cucumbers isn’t an option since they become soggy. So, I pickled the cukes. The recipe [...]
